Antiskidding device.



No. 851,857. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907. J. M. M. BLANOHARD.

ANTISKIDDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.4, 1906.

STATES PATENT OFFICE. JULIEN M. M. BLANoHAnEbF NEW YORK, N. Y. i

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 30, 1907.

Application filed April 4, 1906. Serial No. 309,732.

- To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, J ULIEN M. M. BLANCH- ARD, a citizen of the Republic of France, resi g at the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antiskidding Devices, of

' which the following is a full, clear, and exact faced tires, such as pneumatic tires.

description.

My invention relates to improvementsin apparatus and means for preventing vehicle wheels from slipping or skidding, as it is termed.

The invention is particularly useful in con nection with vehicles which employ broad Its construction is simple and effective and may be quickly and easily applied or removed. The construction likewise is such that creeping is prevented.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a conventional illustration of a wheel fitted with my improved anti-skidding device,-the same being shown in side elevation. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the wheel shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross section relatively enlarged.

1 is the wheel felly.

2 is the tire.

3 is an abutment on one side of the wheel or folly. 4 is an abutment on the other side of the wheel or felly. These abutments may or may not be independent. In the particular form shown, however, they are connected, the abutment 3 being provided with a long shank 3*, which extends through a suitable recess or perforation in the felly 1 and affords a bearing for the abutment 4 at the opposite end, the latter screwing on to said shank in such a manner as to give an effective connection.

5 is a metallic strap-like device having a head 5* at one end. This end is anchored by the abutment. 3, while the other end passes through the abutment 4 and may be secured.

thereto in any suitable way, for example,

by a wing-nut 5 In the particular form shown the abutments 3'4 are slotttl, the sides of the slots affording a freedom of play for the ends of the strap member 5, so thatas the tread of the tire encounters the grounds and tends to flatten out, the strap member 5 may if required have a freedom of motion in the abutments 34.

Any desired number of the strap members 5 maybe employed, spaced apart at suitable intervals entirely around the wheel. By being secured to rigid abutments, creeping is prevented, so that all danger of chafing or cutting the tire by said creeping action is avoided. The strap or cable is, of course, suflicie'ntly flexible and the edges thereof are smoothed off or rounded so that the danger of cutting the tire from this source is avoided.

What I claim is:

1. An anti-skidding device for wheel tires comprising fixed abutments rigidly carried by-the wheel, and a plurality of continuous resilient members connected to said abutments and extending transversely across the tread of the tire.

2. An anti-skidding device for Wheel tires comprising fixedabutments rigidly carried by the wheel, and a plurality ofcontinuous resilient members connected to said abut ments and extending transversely across the tread of the tire and removable therefrom.

3. In an anti-skidding device for wheels, a wheel, a plurality of removable abutments carried thereby, a tire carried thereby, and a plurality of removable resilient devices detachably secured to said abutments and extending transversely across the face or tread of the tire and furnishing an unbroken traction grip.

JULIEN M. M. BLANCHARD. Witnesses:

R. C. MITCHELL, L. VREELAND. 

